Photo by Mpho Mojapelo on Unsplash So, consistent, consistency, what does it all mean? Well in my own words, being consistent and having consistency means adhering to the same principles and not being self-contradictory on a constant basis. In life, I believe the key to consistency is about setting and achieving specific goals. It’s important to remain consistent because it could mean the difference between success or failure. Why is it so hard to stay consistent? I think it’s because we are so focused on the outcome and not the actual process. It’s a thing where we get drawn to the positive ..read more

Photo by Peter Fogden on Unsplash I don’t know how many times I have heard the words “I wish” used in conversations. To be honest, I’ve been guilty of saying those words on a few occasions. The reality is that a wish will continue to remain a wish until you take actionable steps to make it come true. If we don’t take steps towards our wishes, nothing will ever happen. Instead of taking those much-needed steps, we fall deep into our comfort zones of life. Days turn into weeks. Weeks turn into months and months turn into years. Before you know it, 45 or 50 years have passed and we ..read more

Photo by Captionery on Unsplash We’re dealing with a lot right now. I think this Coronavirus situation has a lot of people concerned. I think a majority of it has to do with dealing with the unknown. Jobs and schools have closed, the stock market has taken a hit as our way of daily living has been disrupted. How ugly can things get? No one has the answers and so we have to deal with the unknown. To cope with this newfound level of uncertainty people have resorted to panic buying. The shelves at the grocery stores are empty. People are fighting over toilet paper. It’s mass hysteria out here ..read more

Photo by Kevin Ku on Unsplash When I was a kid in school, I couldn’t wait for Fridays. I’m sure you did the same too. Fridays meant the end of the week and we had two days off. When Sunday would roll around, we would dread having to get up the next day and do the same routine over again for the next week. As children, what we were doing was living for the weekends. This routine of living for the weekends then carries over into our adult lives. I don’t know how many times I have sat at places I worked on the last day of the workweek staring at the clock. When it was time to get off, I knew th ..read more

Photo by Franck V. on Unsplash Is your job safe? I ask this question because, by the year 2030, automation will severely disrupt some jobs here in the United States. The cost of machinery is declining, and robots have become cheaper than humans. The improvements in technology have allowed machines to become more capable and often more reliable than any human worker could ever be. Artificial intelligence has allowed robots to learn faster and carry out sophisticated processes over a much shorter time frame than it would take any human to do.  Knowing this I have to ask the question again ..read more

Photo by Kyle Glenn on Unsplash Taking action in our lives is the only way for us to achieve our goals, dreams, and aspirations. It all starts with learning. But from there, we must get to a point where we take action along with continuing to learn in the process. There’s a saying that knowledge is power. But without action, that knowledge is useless. If you don’t apply what you have learned through action, again that knowledge is useless. I have often found myself in a situation where I spend so much time learning that I’m not taking action. I think this is the obstacle that many of us ..read more

Photo by Jonathan Gonzalez on Unsplash Self-destructive behavior is a difficult topic for many of us to deal with. It’s one of those dark topics that we train ourselves to somehow overlook and try to intentionally avoid. The more we try to avoid it, the more it seems to consume us. I can admit that at times I have been a destructive person and have fallen to some pretty self-destructive behaviors. It’s not just a one-time thing. I think we all have moments where we go down this dark path more than once in our lives. I have realized that most of our self-destructive behaviors come from ou ..read more

Photo by Merakist on Unsplash Social media can be a good resource for fellowship, catching up with old friends and loved ones. It can also be a great way for businesses to promote and market their products and services. But there’s one thing that I think we can all agree with, is that social media has become annoying as f*ck. What started out as a useful resource, has now become this big cluster f*ck of sh*t. That’s the only way I can explain it. Don’t get me wrong, I still think that it can be used for a lot of good purposes. And it’s not because of social media itself, it’s mostly because ..read more

Photo by “My Life Through A Lens” on Unsplash Who’s in your inner circle? Or do you even have one? I think it is important to establish and maintain an inner circle of people who will inspire you. The people in your inner circle will hold you to a higher standard and push you when you feel that you can’t push yourself. They’re the ones who will keep it all the way 100 with you no matter what. When you’re wrong or out of line, they’ll let you know. The same goes when you’re right. I believe that we all want a strong inner circle. I’m not talking about a group of people who all think the ..read more

Photo by Lesly Juarez on Unsplash “I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as making a ‘life.’” ~Maya Angelou In society, work and having a job is supposed to mean everything. I say, “screw society”. That’s why I wanted to talk about why you are more than your job. Work and jobs have unfortunately become a part of our identities. It’s how people identify themselves. It’s how people measure their worth, wealth, and status. This false sense of self leads many people to develop a false sense of security. I’m here to tell you that no matter where you are in your career, don ..read more